Shade-roller support.



G. LEFEVRE.

SHADE ROLLER SUPPORT.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 11. 1914.

1,142,589. Patented June 8,1915.

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e. LEFEVBE. SHADE ROLLER SUPPORT.

APPLICATION FILED AUG-17.19l4.

13142,.589. Patented June 8,1915.

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, long window roller.

, SHADE-ROLLER sUPPoET.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 8, 1915.

Application filed August 17, 1914. Serial No. 857,151.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE LEEEVRE, a citizen of Canada, residing atLawrence, in the county of Essex and State of Massachusetts, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Shade-Roller Supports,of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to supports for win-. dow shades of a type whichcan be attached to the window casing-without screws or nails. It is ofsuch construction that it can be attached to the casings of windows ofthe widest or narrowest types generally in use. It is also of suchcharacter that it can be so attached as to receive rollers which areextra long or extra short as it has a wide range of adjustment. 7

In the drawings Figure 1 is an elevation from the inside of a roomshowing my supports in place with a window shade supported thereby thesupports being in what may be called their normal positions. Fig. 2 isan elevation similar to Fig. 1 showing my supports attached and adjustedfor an extra Fig. 3 is a front elevation of one of my supports and Fig.4 is a side elevation as from the right of Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is a bottomview of Fig. 3 some parts being omitted. Fig. 6 is a detail showing thebracket for that end of the shade roller which is usually provided withacylindrical bearing pin.

A and B represent the two sides of a window casing and C and D arewindow shades ofdifi'erent widths.

F and G are my two supports which are similar except that one isarranged to ordinarily be used on the right and the other on the left ofthe window casing.

Referring to support F, it comprises an outer member 10 which I willcall the fixed member which isbent at a right angle to form a aw 11 andis provided at the inside thereof with spurs 12 and which is bent downat the sides 13 to receive slidably the inside member or slidable member20. This slidable member 20 is bent at a right angle Pivotally attachedto pin 23 is one end of a link 15 the other end of which is pivotallyconnected at 16 with a handle 17. This handle 17 consists preferably ofa flat piece of metal fromeach end of which are bent handle 17 wherebyhandle 17 is normally pressed against outer member 10.

When it is desired to bring the jaws 11 and 21 together in order toclamp the device in place 'on the sides A or B of the window casing, itis necessary only to move handle 17 about its pivot whereby link 15through pivot pin 23 causesinside member 20 to move back from or towardjaw 11.

To look the parts in place when the jaws I have grasped the side A or BI prefer to cut a plurality of notches 32 into the face of outer member10 in a curve the center of which is the center of pin 30. To engagethese notches 32, I cut from the end part of handle 17 preferably in thelower partof finger piece 18, a tang 31 and press it in ward in such amanner that it' will engage the notches 32 while handle 17 is pressedinward by spring 31. Todisengage tang 34- from any of the notches 32,finger pieces 19 and 18 are grasped by the hand as described and thewhole of handle 17 is pulled outward and turned while in the outwardposition. 'This clamping part of my support canbe clamped to either sideof the window frame and either side up.

Preferably integral with outer member 10 is a lateral extension 40 whichpreferably is of a length somewhat greater than half the length of outermember 10 and of a length somewhat more than half as great as theextreme width of the widest window frame or casing to which it is to beattached.

At each end of lateral extension 10 are bent outwardly the arms 41 and42. Each of these arms is pierced with preferably three holes such as43, 1 1 and 45 to receive the connected bearing rods 50, 51, 52. At oneend this set of rods 50, 51, 52 are connected, as shown at 53 in Fig. 3.They are equal distances apart as are the holes through which they passin arms ll and 4:2

so that they can be pushed in from the out side of other arm. One ofthem as 51 is pierced by a hole 54: through the free end and throughthis is passed a split ring 55. which can readily be removed.

Slidably on bearing rods 50, 51 and 52 which pass through suitablebearing holes therein is a shade bracket which extends outward beyondthe arms 4E1 and 42 a suiticient distance to permit the roller of theshade C or D to clear such arms. One of these brackets as 6.0 has arectangular opening 61 to receive the rectangular pivot pin or dinarilyused at one end of a shade roller. The bracket 62 which is slidable onsupport G has a round opening 63 to receive the cylindrical bearing pinordinarily used at the other end of a window shade roller.

I prefer to split bracket 60 at the bottom into two branches 6-4 and 65through both of which pass suitable bearing holes through which passbearing rods 50, 51 and 52. By thus forming two branches the bracketwill slide more readily without binding upon the bearing rods.

Encircling one of the bearing rods, preferably 51, which carries thesplit ring is compression spring 56 which extends between bracket 60 andone of the arms as 41.

The construction of the other support G in reference to its clampingmechanism and also in reference to its spring bracket mechanism is. thesame as F except that its lateral extension i8 extends upwardly from theleft while from F it extends upwardly from the ri ht.

The bearing rods of both should be of the same size and spaced about thesame distance as should the holes through which they pass in thebrackets 60 and 62 and in the arms l1 and t2 and the corresponding arms67 and 68v of support G.

The method of clamping my device in place has already been described andwhen in position and locked by means of locking tang and notches 32-,the shade as C is put in place by inserting its bearing pinsrespectively in openings 68 and 61 which can readily be done by forcingthe brackets 60 and 62 away from each other against the tension of theirrespective springs.

With the supports F and G in their normal positions as shown in Fig. 1,it will be seen that shades of different lengths cor-responding with thelimits of compression and extension of the respective bracket springs as56 may be used but my device has a greater range of adaptability as willbe now explained.

If it is desired to support a shade such as D which is so wide that itvcannot be held by my supports in their normal positions I attach supportF to side B instead of to side A and I attach support G to, side Ainstead of to side B. This brings the brackets 60 and 62 on the outsideinstead of on the inside where they must be to properly engage thebearing pins of the window shades and in order to place them in theirproper position I move the split rings as 55 which permits the bearingrods of each support to be removed and to be passed through the arms as41 and 4-2 from the opposite direction as shown in Fig. 2 and toexchange the brackets 60 and 62 so that the rectangular hole 61 willcome at the proper end of the shade as will also. the round hole 63. Inthis way, as the lateral extensions which carry the spring actuatedshade brackets are more than half as long as the outside memb.ers,. whenthe sides are reversed the range is almost clouble and a shade of anywidth between the extremes can be readily supported.

lVith my construction the curtain shade supports can be. attached ordetached to any window casing or to the top corner blocks withoutmarring the. face thereof. The only marks are. those of the, spurs onthe edges of the casing and these are very inconspicuous. My supportsare. intended to go with a shade so as to permit it to be attached tosubstantially any window casing of a size within the usual limits. Itis. detachably attachable and the. parts: of each pair areinterchangeable. Substantially the only difference between the parts ofeach pair is that the lateral extension is from the left of one and fromthe right of the other, while one bracket has, a rectangular opening forrectangular bearing pin 70 and the other has a round opening forcylindrical bearing pin 71 of the shade roller.

In order that there may be no length of window shade. roller between thelimits of the, device to which it cannot be. fitted, the

distance between the outwardly bent arms and the lateral extensionshould be more than one half of the maximum distance between theclamping jaws.

I prefer to use in connection with each of my supports, a curtain poleholder which consists, of a rod bent to form a bracket. To receive thisholder 80, I expand a loop 81 from the metal of each lateral extensionof a size to receive the end of a holder. Each holder preferably has aslot 82 which fits over the edge of a loop thus holding it at its properheight and preventing it from turning.

I find it convenient to connect one end of the bearing rods as at 53 sothat they can be removed and replaced together.

As my rectangular holed and round holed brackets are interchangeable, mysupports can be. used at the top or bottom of the window casing.

I am aware that spring actuated shade roller brackets have been used andI am aware that roller brackets which can be clamped to the windowcasings have been i used, but I believe that I am the first to combine apair of spring actuated brackets with clamping devices for attachingthem to the window casings, whereby my supports can instantly be put inplace or removed without marring the face of the window casing, and uponwhich the shade roller can be instantly hung. Moreover, I am the firstto devise a combination of clamping device and reversible,interchangeable, spring actuated roller brackets whose limits of actionextend substantially the distance between the jaws of the clampingdevice.

The purpose of my invention is to provide shade roller supports whichcan adapt themselves instantly to support a shade roller of any ordinarylength ona casing of any ordinary width which borders a window of anyordinary width.

Instead of three bearing rods with suitable bearing holes, I may use anyother number more than one, that is a plurality.

I claim V 1. The combination with a window shade roller having at oneend a rectangular bearing pin and at the other end a cylindrical bearingpin, of a pair of supports each of which is provided with clamping jawsfor detachably attaching it to either side of a window casing, and eachof which has a lateral extension with outwardly bent arms the distancebetween which is more than one half the maximum distance between theclamping jaws and each of which is pierced with three holes, a set ofthree connected bearing rods which extend through said holes in eachsupport, a split ring removably attached to one of the bearing rods ofeach set, and a compression spring which encircles one of the rods ofeach set between the arms, together with shade roller bracketsinterchangeably slidable on the bearing rods of either support and inengagement with the compression spring thereon, one having a rectangularopening to receive the rectangular pivot pin and the other having around opening to receive the cylindrical pivot pin of the shade roller.

2. A windowshade roller support which has clamping jaws and means foroperating said jaws in such manner that the support may be detachablyattached to a window casing, and a lateral extension with outwardly bentarms the distance between which is more than, one half the maximumdistance between the clamping jaws and each of which is pierced withthree holes,

three connected bearing rods which extend 3. The combination in a windowshade roller support of means for detachably attaching it to a windowcasing, with outwardly bent arms each of which is. pierced with aplurality of holes, connected bearing rods which extend through saidholes, and a shade roller bracket slidable on the bearing rods, togetherwith a compression spring between the bracket and an arm as described.

4:. In a window shade roller support the combination of a springactuated shade roller bracket, with means for detachably clamping saidsupport to a window casing.

5. The combination in a window shade roller support of an outside memberhaving a clamping jaw, an inside member slidable in the outside memberand having a clamping jaw, with a headed pivot pin fixed to the outsidemember, a compression spring thereon, a handle pivoted to said pin andin engagement with said spring, a link pivotally connected with saidhandle and with the inside member, notches in the outside member and atang depending from the handle in engagement with said notches, togetherwith a lateral extension of the outside member which has outwardly bentarms the distance between which is more than half the maximum distancebetween the clamping jaws and each of which is pierced with a pluralityof holes, a plurality of connected bearing rods which extend throughsaid holes, a split ring removably attached to one of the bearing rods,a shade roller bracket slidable on the bearing rods, and a compressionspring between said brackets and an arm as described.

6. In a window shade roller support the combination of a member whichhas outwardly bent arms each of which is pierced with a plurality ofholes, with connected bearing rods which extend through said holes, ashade roller bracket slidable on the bearing rods, and a compressionspring between the shade roller bracket and one of the arms asdescribed.

7. The combination with a window shade roller having at one end arectangular bearingpin and at the other end a cylindrical bearing pin,of a pair of supports each of which is provided with clamping jaws fordetachably attaching it to either side of a window casing, and each ofwhich has at the opposite end from the other a lateral extension withtwo outwardly bent arms the distance between which is more than one-halfthe maximum distance between the-clamping jaws all of said arms beingpierced with a plurality of holes of the same size and those in each armhaving the same relative location, two sets of connected bearing rodseach set adapted to pass through the holes in the arms of either supporteither way,

and a compression "spring which encircles one ofthe' rods of each setbetween thearmsg ztogetherwith two shaderolleribrackets in:

terchangeabi-y: sii'dable on the bearingrods-w of either support one inengagementawithw each: compression spring I thereon and" one It havinga'rectan'gular opening to receive the 'rectangularpivot pin and theother having a -roundwopen1ng to 1 receive the cylindrical: a

pivot pin of the'said roiler.

8. The combination with a windoweshade roller having 'at oneendareetanguiar pivot pin and atthe' other. end a cylindric'al pivotpin, ofla pair of snpportseaoh of Which is capable ofbeingmlamped=toieither side of a Window: casing, with: a pair out interchangeableshade roller brackets one*having"a'.rec-

v.1 tan'gular opening to receive the rectangular mpivot pinandthezsotherhaving a round opening to IBCBIVB the cylindrical-pivot pinport utogether with spring mechanism in aeach. support which tends tokeep said azbrackets inengagement iwith the Window rzshade roller.

is;Intestimonywhereof I hereto afiix my 25 signature in presence of twoWitnesses.

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